ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,925, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Motor vehicle lock" was invented by Omer Inan (Dorsten, Germany), Holger Schiffer (Meerbusch, Germany), Michael Scholz (Essen, Germany), Peter Szegeny (Engelskirchen, Germany) and Andreas Schmitz (Velbert, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle side door lock, comprising a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least one pawl, wherein the rotary latch can be blocked in at least one catch position by means of the pawl, an electrical drive unit for unblocking the locking mechanism, a lock housing with a...